Chôrônîy — H2772

Definition

masculine patronymic noun

a Choronite or inhabitant of Choronaim

1. Horonite = "native of Horonaim"
2. an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab
1. the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Horonite

Origin

patrial from H2773

• Derived from Chôrônayim (H2773)

Occurrences

Chôrônîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (3)

• Nehemiah 2:10 — When Sanballat the Horonite (הַחֹרֹנִ֗י), and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
• Nehemiah 2:19 — But when Sanballat the Horonite (הַחֹרֹנִ֜י), and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
• Nehemiah 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite (הַחֹרֹנִ֑י): therefore I chased him from me.